From: HorneTD 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house misc.emerg-services
Subject: Re: Portable AC Generators
Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 07:09:08 GMT

Rich Greenberg wrote:
> In article <4299FA99.A225FFAE@ddress.com>, Notan   wrote:
> 
> 
>>We've got a manual transfer system... The lights go out, we plug
>>the generator into the transfer box, fire up the generator, flip
>>a few switches, and the important parts of the house have power.
> 
> 
> What area are you in?
> How often does the power go out?
> Typically, how long is the power out?
> 
> Does your neighbor ever knock on the door carrying an extension cord?  :-)
> 

I know which of my neighbors are elderly, refrigerated medicine 
dependent, or medical equipment dependent.  So no they don't knock on my 
door with and extension cord because I knock on theirs with one.  Being 
an electrician by craft I can convert a gas or oil heating plants supply 
wiring to cord and plug in minutes.  Each neighbor gets one cord and a 
stern warning that I will not get up to reset their fifteen ampere 
breaker at night.  They can run the fridge and the heating plant one at 
a time.  Which and when is theirs to figure out unless they are totally 
infirm in which case I run two cords and supply both.  I even provided 
the neighbor who is a minister with power to write her sermon by during 
the outage that followed hurricane Isabelle.  I figure that should 
entitle me to at least a hook and a can for my trip into hell.  If I 
keep it up I'll be given full turnout gear, a compressed air foam system 
hose line, and a list of misdirected souls.  Once I get those souls back 
to Saint Peter my purgatory sentence will have been served.
-- 
Tom Horne

Well we aren't no thin blue heroes and yet we aren't no blackguards to.
We're just working men and woman most remarkable like you.